This statistic shows the average rate of cases of self-reported stress related to the workplace per 100 thousand employed in Great Britain (GB) between 2014/15 and 2016/17, broken down by country. Mental health problems including stress, depression and anxiety, which were caused or worsened by work had the highest prevalence rate in Wales, effecting 1.8 percent of employees. The averaged self-reported stress rate was slightly lower in England, with 1.49 thousand of 100 thousand employees affected.
Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17
(per 100,000 employed)
Results are based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS) run quarterly by the Office of National Statistics. Questions concerning work-related illnesses and workplace injury are commissioned annually by the HSE.
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Health and Safety Executive. (November 1, 2017). Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 employed) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 employed)." Chart. November 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. (2017). Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 employed). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Average Rate of Self-reported Stress, Depression or Anxiety Caused or Made Worse by Work by Country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 Employed)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive, Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 employed) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (per 100,000 employed) [Graph], Health and Safety Executive, November 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/716576/rate-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
